Move down to the basement, B1! Use our SUPER SPEED to dash to W5, and strike at the Screamer at W9! Go! Go! GO! Let's clear this place!

Originally posted on 2018-03-21 03:28:00

Terry hears Tazz talk to Marron. On the center left of his HUD, Lotus-style.

Oh and he hears everyone's conversations. Being music-attuned apparently does that to you.

He then starts humming to the tune of This Is What You Are.
----
Terry goes down the stairs into the Basement, goes to W7, then unleashes his super basic attack on W10.

Originally posted on 2018-03-21 04:08:00

Oh for gorilla's sake it's just the Operative all over again.

~~

Toast's illusion upstairs scans the Screamer, if possible. Otherwise it just chills.

Some representation of Toast's fighting ability moves to N7 upstairs.
"I'd tell you a knock knock joke, but I think you already know the punchline!"
She punches the air in the direction of the Trickster, sending a cast of Ignite Blood right for it.

~~

Toast sighs deeply.
"I'll explain things once these Iti have been taken out," "I just..."
She trails off, slowly stopping her ascent, having recognised something she something Marron said. An ethereal wind seems to brush past Toast, fluttering her hair ominously.
"Wait. You visited... Auth?"
There is a dissonant serenity to her voice, then suddenly-
"What the hell!"
Her hair takrd on a shade of bright red, burning like fire!
"I have been searching for you for months and then you're out partying at Auth's place! I thought you were dead, and yet you didn't even think to do so much as tell me!? I have been so bloody worried about you- the only reason I'm here was because I was hanging onto the smallest, fragmented, sliver of hope that you would be here and that was the only thing keeping me alive now you're- and now- and..."

Toast collapses onto her knees. Her hair falls in front of her face, obscuring it, as it begins to fade back to its boring brown. Her shoulders start spasming, and it suddenly becomes evident she is crying. It may occur to you that you've never seen Toast cry before.

Originally posted on 2018-03-21 05:22:00

Shizuki moves to H14 on the second floor via the scaffolding, and if she has a further doubled MOV, she moves over to L12 and shoots the Trickster.

Originally posted on 2018-03-21 08:40:00

The Voice and the Exterminator Bot enter the Basement.

The Voice moves to Q12 and casts Hidden Glow on the Javlyn, while the Exterminator Bot moves to V7 and uses a basic attack on Carrion 3.

Originally posted on 2018-03-22 01:49:00

Irongutta, not being within Range 4 (with Line of Sight) of any enemies, has 10 MOV. Wow! He uses 3 MOV to reach the Spiral Staircase at N6, 2 MOV to descend the stairs twice into the basement, and then one more to reach N7 in the basement. This movement activates his trait and charges his Charging Vest. He then gives Carrion 1 a proppa smack.

Originally posted on 2018-03-22 02:29:00

Wyvern jumps down the spiral staircase and, with a small flap of his wings, lands gracefully on the basement floor. Sheepishly sneaking past Krabs, he runs to P12, his right arm outstretched, and slashes at the Javlyn.

Originally posted on 2018-03-22 10:02:00

Berg stares at Marron... coldly.

cA: I do not know what's happened between you and the lady Chloe, but I can affirm that she has only recently arrived on this plane of existence, and is heavily confused by it. Your words are unfounded, at best.

He scowls slightly.

cA: And do not insult my allies in so childish a manner again, unless you wish to come to blows.

He moves to Q8, towards the staircase.

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 02:59:00

Zed uses Hidden Flow on Seeker7, or Twin Jolts on the Raider if the Seeker is dead.

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 15:50:00

<ROUND FORTY-TWO>
JOE harvest and replants the Soulblossoms, gaining a total yield of 21 Goneblossoms and 33 Soulblossoms. He also harvests the Aurora Crystals, actually losing 1 Aurora Crystal total as he wanted to plant as many as possible. At least you'll get a bunch soon! He then gathers more dirt. Suddenly, there's a noise as something has stuck itself to the walls on the outside of the Fortified Farm. It's an Observer, who appears to be perfectly happy staring into the farms. It will almost certainly attract attention though, so maybe you should get rid of it...? Tazz then gives Marron such a long talking to, that it gets addressed here rather than in-battle.

MARRON: Hey, she has the EXACT SAME face and height, among other things! I'm pretty gorillaing sure she can suppress her fire as well!
MARRON: Plus, I'm pretty sure that if she's here WITHOUT her obsessive boyfriend, then she got dumped hard.
MARRON: A-And who gave you the right to just b-broadcast into my head?

...For the onlookers, it seems like Marron has gone insane, yelling to things that don't even exist.

MARRON: Actually, the reason I'm here... is something that Chaos is yet to even tell me!
MARRON: Other than to stand behind this house and wait for further orders. Which I failed at, I guess. I heard from him that his Mindscape was the victim of a hostile takeover?
MARRON: And I already KNOW about the whole "world ending" thing! I was there, you gorillahead!

The voice inside her head goes on about Chloe for a moment. She looks like that if the voice were a tangible presence, she'd punch it the hell out.

MARRON: ...Ugh, fine! I won't trash your waifu or whatever she is to you.
MARRON: Even if she deserves it!

Comet then expends 2 Titanium, 2 Glass Sheets, and, 6 Wire Scraps to create a Solar Array! She can't wear it yet, of course. Calibri also decides to address the puppeteer. May as well respond to all of the bigger responses in here...

MARRON: Predecessor? Operative?
MARRON: ...Oh god, you're just him but 20% different, aren't you.
MARRON: I should also tell you that the 20% includes "far less intimidating." He did the eye-thing too. You're not being cool, intimidating, or unique by doing that.
MARRON: Anyway, I'm Marron, that lovely puppet over there is Ette... and, yeah.

Toast then promptly explodes at Marron. Marron, perhaps unsure how to respond to this, becomes furious, cheeks ablaze. Her voice echoes throughout the house.

MARRON: W-What!? PARTYING? I got to visit him for all of ONE DAY, and it wasn't even the greatest place! It had books and tea! That's about all I got to see!
MARRON: I-I couldn't even t-tell you where I was! I didn't know how to contact you, I-I didn't have a phone, and Chaos c-certainly wouldn't have let me gone...

...As Toast goes on, her rage is soon replaced with the slow opening of waterworks.

MARRON: I-I WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU TOO!
MARRON: I WENT THROUGH SO MUCH gorilla IN THE LAST MONTH- gorilla, EVEN THE LAST DAY! S-SOMETHING TRIED TO gorillaING EAT ME TODAY! gorillaING. EAT. ME. ALIVE.
[small][small]MARRON: I made a plush of it, but something stole it. Hell if I know why. But that's besides the point.[/small][/small]

She backs off as Toast falls to her knees. There's a constant stream of tears from her eyes.

MARRON: Y-You...
MARRON: Y-You don't h-h-hate me, do you?
MARRON: P-Please d-don't... h-hate... me...

Ette, meanwhile, is completely unsure of what to do. The limit of what she can do is hug people, and that's a little hard when there's two people who probably wouldn't even appreciate the hug. She stands watching, trembling. Then there's trembling. Not from either of the sisters. It's in the ground. Something huge is coming.

<THE HOUSE, ROUND SEVEN>
A figure, surely composed of all the hatred in the universe, floats towards the front of the house. Tendrils of darkness suddenly seep out of the ground around him. Terror floods the hearts of everyone within exactly three meters of this being. He floats towards the front of the house, plants down a door where there really should be a door, then promptly gives it a swift kick. The entire front wall falls down, windows shattering as it impacts the ground.

TAEDA: ...
TAEDA: There's something awfully amiss here, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
TAEDA: Excuse me! Sir... or, madam? Who are you, exactly?
DARK LORD: being of pure deading and void
DARK LORD: fiend of all areas
DARK LORD: i am
DARK LORD: dark "dark lord" lord
DARK LORD: here for deading all of you, for fun and money
TAEDA: Your armor is made out of cardboar-
DARK LORD: made of pure evil
TAEDA: Your sword is a table-
DARK LORD: woman, weapon is sword, no furnishing
DARK LORD: ...
DARK LORD: enough blah, have versus you!




...you are accosted by...

[big][big][big][big]THE DARK LORD[/big][/big][/big][/big]
The Final Boss (totally)




Anyway, I'd give you advice, but you're all going to die now. The Dark Lord has arrived, and he's here to kill all of you for some reason! Defeat him (if you can), and you'll be able to claim the house for yourself! Alternatively, die. This is almost certainly a cutscene boss.

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 20:00:00

cU: the best part about my current position is that you look crazy anytime you try to talk to me by flapping your lips.
cU: I'm not really the trollish type, but that never gets old. I can read your thoughts, kinda sorta, if you so wish to project it to me.
cU: In any case, thanks for the catch-up on what you do and don't know, makes life easier.
cU: Now then, onto something stupid... Metaphysical nonsense means that money will spawn if you somehow deal the last blow to this 'boss', so try to act such that you get in a blow if it would kill this round.
cU: Also, semi-related: try not to kill chairians in the future, just knock them unconscious or so. It may sound nonsensical but it'll make life easier in the future.
cU: When not joining cults or rebellions, they're usually being lead by a council that's currently headed by someone of rather... absent moral standing about things like genocide, and not everyone agrees with such an extreme method.
cU: Getting rid of him is basically the immediate step before we tackle the sphere, as he's ordering it's weaponization...
cU: ... And that is made easier if every Chairian on the planet doesn't call us 'the Butchers' or something like that, however tempting it is.

Mr. Krabs proceeds to actually do something, that being spawn at R13, moving back to R12 and using the splintercast's weapon passive on the Dark Lord to halve DGE. He is silent, contemplating the majesty of the Dark Lord.

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 22:51:00

Simeon sits on R10, mildly bemused.

First off, he uses the Telepathy he's always had to psychically communicate to Taeda. "Taeda, don't be alarmed, pretend like nothing is out of the ordinary," he beams. "I think that's Chaos. Long story short, because of time travel shenanigans, he was Ire, will become Ire later, which means he'll eventually get trapped in The Sphere. and I think you know the rest. We can't kill him without triggering a time paradox, and he's a bit mentally unstable, so just humour him, alright?"

Then he gives a small eye roll, before addressing The Dark Lord, Destroyer of All That is Good and Holy, Out to Destroy the World for Fun and Profit in a manner befitting of a villain of his stature.

SIMEON: Oh no, it's The Dark Lord, Destroyer of All That is Good and Holy, Out to Destroy the World for Fun and Profit!
SIMEON: What am I to possibly do against such a vile fiend!?
SIMEON: It seems that I must fight, possibly to my death, which shall come to soon!
SIMEON: Why, cruel world, WHY!?

Simeon then activates his SPECIAL, NOCTOMANCY. He dissapears in a column of shadowstuff, reappearing on R15 standing up, sword pointed towards The Dark Lord, Destroyer of All That is Good and Holy, Out to Destroy the World for Fun and Profit in a Riposte.

SIMEON: Halt, Dark Lord, Destroyer of All That is Good and Holy, Out to Destroy the World for Fun and Profit! YOU SHALL GO NO FURTHER!
SIMEON: FOR I HAVE CALLED UPON THE POWERS OF ACHERON THE SILENT INQUIRER, AND HE HAS SHOWN ME THE FYOO-CHURR!

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 22:55:00

The Voice explodes.

No, really. Well, specifically, he just rips off his face, then dissolves into a pool of darkness which quickly evaporates, leaving a pile of his items behind.

Naturally, the narrative void left behind by his apparent destruction almost immediately fills itself with the sudden apparition of a female figure clad in a cross between robes and adventuring gear, an ornate book strapped to her back and holding what looks like a walking stick bred with a wizard's staff -- clearly rough-hewn, but also topped with a small glass orb that glimmers with blue light (which is almost immediately overtaken by the purple of the thymecurse). She drops the staff as it covers itself in purple and looks around, before muttering to herself. "Well, this certainly wasn't what I expected when I decided to check out that strange signal." She pulls the book off her back and flips through it, hands glimmering with blue. "Story summary, story summary. Book of basically pure knowledge, and you can't even read from the local area narrative using it as a focus without waiting whole minutes. Won't even get Archived. Still better than no focus, I suppose. Aha!"

The book momentarily glows pure blue, before it manifests a small booklet labeled "THYMIUM". She replaces the book on her back and flips through the smaller item. "Chairians and Tabletopians... a prison made of solid wood... soulless beings with a desire for disorder... now a weapon of immense power... promise of revenge... ARMAGEDDON UPON THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE???" Her eyes widen, and she starts reading with much more urgency.

"Mindscape... an ancient evil... come across a bunker... shrouded in purple... (Ohhh!...) proceed towards the Sphere... something in the trees... a wave of death... almost been beaten back... the Iti are struck down... this world needs saving... the sound of shearing metal... center stage on the Set... makes way for the Forest Checkpoint... conflict is likely to break out... challenges the Chairian Rider... (this is just a fight-log...) the Cavern is now free, and so is its unwitting prisoner... the portal is gone... primed to blow... stick with the party for now... the Chairian Army has been defeated... into the arms of some red-cloaked Chairians... there's a triangle... her eyes... <0>... Nia Khioneas... that attack wasn't me!... Experiment 15: The Combined Conscious... actively trying to not kill anybody... the Rebels have been defeated... he's going to use it to wipe out the Tabletopians... we could work together... wood manipulation abilities... devices to bring hordes of Iti swarming in... problems from the Council... a gigantic spike of ice... (that's one long explanation...) angrier than Xavier after losing a game of Starcraft... the Forest of Departure... half a dozen repair drones... Chloe has officially joined the party... number of corpses... a metric heckton of Iti... save one of the hanging Chairians... the Gallow... a singular eye that crackles with electricity... the forest's path has been cleared... Reisz... fueled by anger and hatred... Acacia... Thymescapers... Neru... an adorable spider tank... a rather sudden routing... find some sort of shelter... a really juicy looking apple... Neru's armor explodes into flames... the spider then takes off to the north... followed by a tidal wave of Iti... shelter for the night... crafting hell... purge this house of Iti... be on the lookout... nothing much to note... greeted with an arrow to the chest...? a rather scary group of cultists... the Rose Cult was routed... the main floor is clear... figure, surely composed of all the hatred in the universe... being of pure deading and void... dark "dark lord" lord...? enough blah, have versus you...?"

She shuts the booklet with a snap and stashes it in a convenient pocket. "Well, when that much cheese is deployed, there can be only one response."

She takes up a pose and points at The Dark Lord. "VILLAIN! Your reign of terror is over!" She looks around for a second, then grabs the Voice's discarded stick. "With the power of this legendary weapon, passed down through the ages, your fate is sealed! No more shall you oppress the innocent with... your stubborn refusal to use the letters C and T? (No, wait. Need a better means of oppression. Never mind.) Today, you shall fall!"

She collapses out of the pose, and any observer would swear they could hear sounds of suppressed snickering from her general direction before she straightens up. "...Ham is a perfectly valid way to counter cheese! It's trope approved! We should probably start actually fighting, though."

She goes over and grabs the rest of the Voice's discarded gear, which is the perfect segue for me to post her character sheet.
Character-swap to Nezira the Archivist!
Changes:
The Blackened Squarelet and Suited Robes get reflavored to the Inquest Headdress (Psychic resistance swapped to Light, new flavor text: With all sorts of hidden lenses and things.) and the Investigator's Vestments (No stat change, new flavor text: Made with knowledge! ...No, actually, made using pure knowledge.), respectively.
The Techno-Tie gets replaced with a Pocket Scanner from the Shop, bought for 50 credits and immediately reflavored as an Enchanted Quill (New flavor text: Enchanted how? Well, wouldn't you like to know.).
Her spells are now Hidden Glow/Shade, Cure, and Terraform -- with one more slated for adding once the stick can be recrafted to grant a skill slot...
Her trait is now Thrill of Discovery -- "Scan range is increased to (1-5). Scanning an enemy inflicts 'Analyzed' on them for the battle. Any attack on an Analyzed enemy has +20% HIT and CRT." (Modifiers: +10% HIT and CRT per 4 SPC. +1 upper scan range per 8 SPC. Codex Unlock Bonus at 8 SPC and INT. (If Nezira unlocks a new entry in the Codex Monstrum with a scan, Nezira gains +X% Spell Damage (equal to the Analyzed bonus) against the enemy she scanned for the battle.))
Her special is now Transcendent Analysis -- "Copy a skill from an ally or non-boss Analyzed enemy. For the rest of the battle, you may use that skill. If copied from an ally, the skill is identical to their version of it." (200 SP, as I currently have it. Modifiers: -5 SP required per 2 SPC. -10% mana cost on copied skill per 4 SPC. (Max of 50% reduction)) (Fills by: Spending MP, Scanning Un-Analyzed Enemies (x10))
Feel free to rebalance the special and/or trait, if needed.

There's a bio on her sheet, which is at A133 on my doc, labeled 'Import'. You'll have to scale the skills, trait, and special yourself, Ire, but everything else is there -- oh, and make sure to carry over all the non-Voice-specific (Ruler of the World is Voice-specific) accomplishments and stats?

With that interlude over, she stashes away the stick for a second, pulls out a quill and notebook, and spawns in at (P13) before stepping to Q14 and looking towards the Dark Lord in a suspiciously scanning fashion. "With that over, I'm Nezira the Archivist! What's your name, power level, stats, tragic backstory, and/or physical measurements?"

Once a surprisingly short questionnaire is completed, she thinks for a second. "Your participation in this short survey is appreciated. Please stop by the front desk afterwards to sign out and collect your reward, DEFEAT!"

A ball of light coalesces in her hand, before she hurls it at the Dark Lord.

(Translation: Spawn at P13, move to Q14, scan the Dark Lord as a free action and then cast Hidden Glow on him.)

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 23:02:00

Auth spawns on S13, notices the Kinda Shoddy passive, and in an attempt to see if Definitely-Not-Chaos really is weak to dark, he (after being Enlightened by Monika) blasts The Dark Lord with Overwrite. Then, he runs around the couch to S9.

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 23:04:00

Teag ignores The Dark Lord, Destroyer of All That is Good and Holy, Out to Destroy the World for Fun and sits on the couch at S10, taking off his railgun and putting it behind him, but """accidentally""" fires it while it's facing south. He then takes a bite out of some nonexistent popcorn.

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 23:07:00

The Man pulls out a bucket of popcorn. Then spawns in at G13, moves over to G10, and slaps the """""eldritch"""" spire that's right next to him. And retreats to E10.

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 23:10:00

Pionobot peeks up from the staircase and then spawns at P13

"This has got to be the worst dark lord I've ever seen."

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 23:12:00

Boshi and Hat Kid both fall aslep on the spat. That is, they do nothing.

Really, though, Boshi tries to hold in a laugh... and fails miserably.
"(oooh, the dark lord is heeere, very scarpfffffAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! WHAT IS THIS, SOME gorillaING JOKE!? AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! WE'VE FACED MUCH WORSE; DEVILJHO, QUEEN VANESSA, NERGIGANTE, MUSTACHE GIRL, THE LIST GOES ON I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM THE HILARITY OF THE 'DARK LORD' BEING MADE OF LITERAL CARDBOARD AAAAA)"
All the while Hat Kid looks at Boshi with the face of 'wtf man are you high'

Before entering, since they were taken out of battle (technically), they change their spells around. Namely, replacing Life Essence Augment with a new custom spell: Shockwave.
Shockwave (17 MP): Select up to 2 targets. Each target is inflicted with Armorbreak(1) for 3 turns. Can be focused, stacking the Armorbreak. (Modifiers: +1 Target per 6 STR, +1 Duration per 10 STR and 5 SPC, +1 Armorbreak at 20 SPC) (Nerf or buff as needed)

Anyway, they appear at (F13), move to (F15-E16-D16-C17-C19-D20), and prepares to throw a potion at... whatever's behind the Fog. (AKA use Brew Potion immediately on the thing that appears from the 3x3 fog tile after Zedros' attack.)

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 23:15:00

Emerald spawns at R13, noting the Dark Lord, and grinning, pointing the Stick dramatically at the Dark Lord ”You fool! You cannot hope to defeat our combined power! Coming here to dead us for fun and money was your last mistake!” ...then he guards

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 23:16:00

QUOTE (Honestly this should be in a spoiler but nobody's getting spared from these reactions)

Angel_Inari: best dark lord north korea 2009 FoxOfTheFuture: Man, the budget for this show really went downhill! KawaiiKitsune124: I've seen more impressive effects in Sonichu. Angel_Inari: ...did you really KawaiiKitsune124: I WAS DRUNK, OKAY!?

Monika spawns at U13, moves behind Author at S12, and grants him Enlightened(1). This will end amazingly.

Originally posted on 2018-03-23 23:26:00